Re: How to obtain the group name for "Administrators"

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From: Eugene Gershnik (gershnik_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/07/05 

Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 10:53:05 -0800

Harald wrote:
> Hi,
> depending on the OS language the Administrators group has different
> names. Some functions require the groups name as input. So I'd like
> to obtain the specific name of the Administrators group on the
> current machine. Any idea? Must have something to do with
> "DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_ADMINS" or so... - Thanks, Harald

Use LsaLookupSids() or LookupAccountSid(). The SID for Administrators is
given in MSDN or you can use CreateWellKnownSid() 

--
Eugene

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